20th Century Movies

Short subject on how fashion is created-- not by the great couturiers, but on the street.

The life of Franz Kafka in a series of independent chapters: from his birth in 19th-century Prague to his final years in Berlin and death in 1924,...

An absurd combination of circumstances turns two idle young men into fugitives from the law.

The third installment in the Kesari film series. Plot TBA, but said to be focused on Sikh General Hari Singh Nalwa.

1999 biographical documentary PBS film about the life and death of Jackie Kennedy Onassis

In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar...

A documentary about the cultural effect of film censorship, focusing on the tumultuous times of the teens and early 1920s in America.

Struggling against the totalitarian regime of occupied Soviet Latvia, a talented young doctor is stripped of her career, her joy for life, and even...

Close up we see pistons move up and down or side to side. Pendulums sway, the small parts of machinery move. Gears drive larger wheels. Gears within...

Ken Russell revisits the life of Elgar, with musical background provided by the composer's works.

Brilliant composer and violinist George Enescu is at the peak of his career and wants to compose an opera. He falls in love with a princess, Maruca,...

The tragic and shocking story of the notorious Magdalene Laundries, a shameful system, created by the Irish State but supported by all strata of...

The epic and poetic tale of the early years of Italian cinema, from 1896 to 1930: how peplum was born, how the first stars shone, how many daring...

England 1905, a letter from Tzar Nicholas to Lord Bartlett recounts the Bloody Sunday Massacre in Saint Petersburg and becomes the catalyst for a...

In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar...